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Craig Gibson, associate university librarian, George Mason University, will be featured in a Webcast on "Information Literacy and Collaborative Change" on Tuesday, February 19, at 2:00 p.m. (EST). Registration is free. How can faculty, librarians, educational technologists, and others collaborative to create a culture of learning, with information literacy as the linchpin? How can information […]
The focus of e-learning is no longer to simply train but to channel knowledge into ideas and use those ideas to create business competencies and solutions. Read the Full Story http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16328.html
Enterprises like Cardean University, the Illinois-based alliance formed by several top-flight schools to give business degrees, are doing well but expansion has slowed and the long-distance approach has proven to work best for narrowly defined business or technical courses. Read the Full Story http://www.iht.com/articles/47798.html
Douglas Holleley, an educator and photographer, is the author of Digital Book Design and Publishing, recently released by the Cary Graphic Arts Press of the Rochester Institute of Technology and Mr. Holleley’s own press, Clarellen. Mr. Holleley’s manual details the ways that modern technologies and software can help aspiring authors or artists produce their own […]
Canadian authorities on Tuesday announced the creation of a “million dollar” online course intended to teach agriculture professionals about soils and fertilizers. The course, “This Land,” is available through the University of Saskatchewan’s extension department. Read the Full Story http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021301u.htm
The 2001-2002 Undergraduate Catalog and 2001-2002 Graduate Catalog are available on the Internet. Access the Catalog http://www.tamu.edu/admissions/catalogs
The Academic Senate heard the unthinkable at Tuesday’s Legislative Assembly meeting: University of California President Richard Atkinson is “committed to doing everything he can to raise student fees. Read the Full Story http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/articles.asp?ID=18403
IN CONJUNCTION WITH the Microsoft Visual Studio.Net launch, Xerox plans to show off a newly minted version of it printer administration software that was developed on the .Net framework. Xerox will demonstrate its software, first announced at Comdex last year, at Microsoft’s Chicago-based Developer Conference on Wednesday. Read the Full Story http://idg.net/ic_810497_1794_9-10000.html
HARWICH – Harwich High School added 156 new courses to its schedule a month ago and it didn’t cost taxpayers a dime. The school of just 480 students hired no new staff and there was no need for an addition to the building. Read the Full Story http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/virtualschool13.htm
Competition for virtual charter schools in Wisconsin heated up Tuesday with the announcement that the company led by William J. Bennett, the former secretary of education, expects to begin operating such a school in Wisconsin by this fall. Read the Full Story http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb02/19853.asp